高中英语必修2课文逐句翻译(人教新课标)(4)

Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. 恐龙大约在6500万年前就突然地灭绝了。Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. 有些科学家认为恐龙灭绝是发生在一件意外事故之后，当时宇宙间一块巨石击中地球因而在空气中扬起太多的尘土。 Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more.另外一些科学家则认为，地球变得太热，因此恐龙无法在地球上生活了。

Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time. 没有人确切地知道恐龙是由于什么原因，又是怎样在这么短的时间里从地球上消失的。 We know many other wild plants, animals, insects and birds have died out more recently. 我们知道，近来许多其他的野生动植物、昆虫和鸟类也灭绝了。According to a UN report, some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years. 根据联合国的一份报告，在过去500年里，有844种动植物消失。The dodo is one of them. It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal. 渡渡鸟就是其中的一种。它生活在毛里求斯岛上，是一种非常友好的动物。Please listen to a story of the dodo and how it disappeared from the earth.请听一个关于渡渡鸟的故事，看看它是如何从地球上消失的。

9.必修二Unit 5 THE BAND THAT WASN’T并非乐队的乐队

Have you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? 你曾经想过要成为一个乐队里有名的歌手或音乐家吗？ Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? 你是否曾梦想过

在音乐会上面对成千上万的观众演唱，观众欣赏你的歌唱为你鼓掌吗？ Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Lin Huan? 你唱卡拉OK时是否假装自己就是宋祖英或刘欢一样著名的歌星吗?To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. 说实在的，很多人把名和利看得很重。But just how do people form a band? 那么，人们又是怎样一起组成乐队的呢？

Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. 许多音乐家聚在一起组成乐队，是因为他们喜欢自己作曲，演奏自己的音乐。 They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practicing their music in someone’s house is the first step to fame. 他们开始可能是一组中学生，在某个人家里排练音乐是成名的第一步。 Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments. 有时他们可能在街上或在地铁里为过路人演奏，这样他们可以为自己或自己要买的乐器多挣一些钱。Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. 后来，他们可能在酒吧或者俱乐部里演出，这样他们可以得到现金。Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires! 当然，他们希望在录音棚里录音，然后卖掉上百万张碟，从而成为百万富翁。

However, there was one band hat started in a different way. 然而，也有一个用不同方式组建起来的乐队。 It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show. 这支乐队叫“门基乐队”，它开始时是以电视节目表演的形式出现的。 The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the beatles. 组成乐队的音乐人演奏音乐，还彼此打趣逗笑。这些玩笑和音乐大多都在模仿“甲壳虫”乐队。The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. 电视制作人原计划想寻找四位会唱会表演的乐手。They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. 他们在报纸上登了一则广告，想招摇滚乐手，但他们只招到一个满意的。They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.乐队的其他三人只能用演员来代替。

As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. 因为这些演员中有些人唱得不是很好，他们不得不依靠队里的其他人帮助。So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. 所以在演出的时候他们只是假唱。Anyhow their performances were humorous enough to be copied by clubs in order to get more familiar with

them. 不管怎样，他们的表演非常幽默以至于其他的乐队也开始模仿。他们非常走红使得歌迷们为了更加熟悉他们而成立了俱乐部。 Each week on TV, the Mondees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. 门基乐队每个星期都要在电视上演唱由别的音乐家创作的歌曲。However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. 然而，经过大约一年以后，门基乐队逐渐对自己的工作认真起来，他们开始像一支真正的乐队那样演唱自己创作的歌曲。 Then they produced their own records and started touring and play their own music. 然后他们录制自己的唱片，并且开始巡回表演他们自己的音乐。 In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. 在美国，他们甚至比“甲壳虫”乐队还要受欢迎，出售的录音专辑还要多。 The band broke up about 1970, but happily the reunited in the mid-1980s. “门基乐队”大约在1970年左右解散，但是令人高兴的是，到80年代中期他们再次聚首。they produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band. 在1996年，他们推出了一张新的专辑，以此来庆祝他们真正成为乐队以来的那段时光。

10.必修二Unit 5 FREDDY THE FROG(II) 青蛙弗雷迪

Not long after Freddy and the band became famous, they visited Britain on a brief tour. 弗雷迪和他的乐队成名后不久，就到英国作短暂的巡回演出去了。 Fans showed their devotion by waiting for hours to get tickets for their concerts. 歌迷们表现出了极大的忠心，他们等几个小时来购买音乐会的门票。 Freddy was now quite confident when he went into a concert hall. 弗雷迪现在步入演出厅会感到非常自信。He enjoyed singing and all the congratulations afterwards! 他很喜欢演唱，喜欢演出后的祝贺声！His most exciting invitation was to perform on a programme called "Top of the Pops." 最令他感到激动的是受邀请参加叫做“顶级流行歌手”的电视节目中的那场表演。He had to go to London, wear an expensive suit and give a performanc …… 此处隐藏：4256字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……